RE: sneaky dear
How high is your stand. I am a minimum 20' up and I will begin to go 25' when the leaves fall. The other thing, learn to watch deer. I move a lot on stand with deer insight.If Isee a deer and its not a shooter, then I reach for the video camera. I have video of a 6pt and an 8pt right underneath me and they never saw me once. I was even in a 15' ladder stand that day.
Now, I dont do that when a big boy is close, just on your average deer. Big boy is in the area or a big doe (which means old doe), then I watch my movement a little more. But most 1.5 to 2.5 year old deer are oblivious to slight movement 20' up.
As far as seeing them come in sooner, well good luck, deer will almost always win that battle.
Chris
SW MO